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STATES OHA'BLESIJ'; WINEBRAKE, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,

I GATE.

application filed October 22, .1924. Serial no. 745,186.

which is adapted for various situations but I is particularly adapted'to withstand shocks and jars and to prevent the passage of ve hicles and passengers, its use being considered primarily as applicable to ferry boats and draw-bridges although itsuse is not limited to these situations.

The device isalso adapted for opera-tion from a dista'nt point such as the pilot house or from'the control station of abridge and can be at the same time operated from various points such as the deck of' aferry boat adj acenti the gate thereby making it possible to reduce tl' bor now employed in operating the gates jferry boats. i

The inventio is also designed to provide a series of'gate that are positive and sure in their operat ionfand that will securely hold vehicles from rolling olf the ends of boats and'through open draws, the gates being preferably op'er'atedby fluid pressure such as steam' orair' although any other means of operation can be provided.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a sectionalyiew showing in general outline the'hull of a ferry boat, the gates being shown in elevation but one of the'operating cylinders being shown in section, this view showing the ga'tes closed, and Figure 2 is a' similar view but with the gates shown open. It is customary now to either use a chain or a heavy cable which is caught over hooks at its ends and which extends across the roadway as a bar to the passage of vehicles. The side roadways or openings for foot passengers have at present the ordinary toggle form of gates which are independently opera'ted and which are-collapsed against the side of the roadway. The description of roadway means any of the situations or services used for vehicles and to which this form of gate is adapted but in the drawings the roadway is shown as the deck 10 on the hull 11, the deck having standards 12 on each side of the main roadway and which standards define with the end rails 13 the side roadways for passengers. I v

The main gate 14 extends between the standards and within the standards so that the gate is held against any side movement but can be moved'vertically to cause the.

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ends 15 within the standards to slide in the opening or slot 16 in the standard. Under the roadway is a recess 17, usually a narrow recess, which loosely receives the gate 14 when it descends and in the case of a boat,

is usually provided with a drain pipe 18; On either side of the recess is arranged a cylinder 19 witha piston 20 in it, each of v the pistons 20 having a piston rod 21 extending through a stufling-box 22, the top end of'the piston rod'21' being fastened as at 23 by" any suitable means to 'an end 15 of the gat-e l'f The piston and its movement is controlled by a fluid under pressure, usually air, whlch can be contained 1n a reservoir 24 supplied by any suitable pump or compressor (not shown).

The pipe 25 lead from the reservoir 24 to the valve 26 which can be of any of the usual types of three-way valves operated by a handle 27. "The valve-"can be' placed as shown in Figural or in thecase'of a boat, it can be put ina pilot house andoperated by an oflicer in charge of the boat, or it can be placed in the engine room of abridge when the gate'is placed on a bridge, in fact, in

any convenient point distant from the gate control is located.

The valve 26 can be manipulated to admit the air to the pipe 28 connected to the top- For the side passages I show the side gates.

30 which can be vertically operated but I prefer to make them of the collapsible type with the horizontal arms 31 pivoted as at 32 t the standards and having the pickets where a person responsible for'the traffic" vide a connection between them and the main gate so that they all open together and also close together, in the drawings, this connection is in the form of a strand or chain 34: passing over pulleys 35 at the top of the standards and connected as at 36 to the side gates and as at 37 to the main gate It will time he evident that when the main gate is pushed down into the recess 17, it

pulls ori the chains 34L- to raise the gates 3% so that all the gates are "thus opened simul= taneonsly, fihen gate 1% rs pushed up to close it, the gates 30 will descend hypiston rod connected to each piston and sapgravity and close the side passages,

it will be evident that various changes can he made in the construction shown with out departing from the scope of the invention ll claim:

1. A gate comprising a main gate, a sup port for the gate above the roadway, the roadway having a recess into which the gate can descend, side gates pivoted on.

the support and adapted to collapse toward the support when raised, and aconnection between the main gate and side gates whereby the lowering of the main gate opens the side gates.

2. A gate comprising a pair of standards projecting above the roadway, a gate slidable with its ends in the standard, the road= way having a recess to receive the gate, a

pressure mechanism under each standard and connected to the sides of the gate to lower and raise the same,

3. A gate comprising a pair of standards flanking the roadway, a gate slidable in the standards and adapted to descend in a narrow recess in the roadway, a cylinder under each standard, a piston in each cylinder, :1 piston rod connected to each piston and supporting the end of the gate within the assaiae standards and a valved supply system for controlling the raising and lowering of the gate. 7

4. Agate comprising a. pair of standards. fianking the roadway, a gate slidable in the standards and adapted to descend in a narrow recess in the roadway, a cylinder under each standard, a piston in each cylinder, a piston rod connected to each piston and supporting the end of the gate within the standards, a valved supply system. for controlling the raising and lowering of v the gate, side gates pivoted to swing inwardly against the standard, and a connection to raise the side gates when the main gate is lowered. r V

5.; A. gate comprising a pair of. standards flanking the roadway, a gate slidalole in the standards and adapted to descend in a narrow recess in the roadway, a cylinder under each standard, a piston in each cylinder, a

porting the end of the gate within the standards, a valved supply system for corn trolling the raising. and lowering of the gate, side gates pivoted to swing inwardly against the standard, and a strand passing over-each standard with its ends secured to the main gate and the side gate on that side whereby the gates are opened and closed simultaneously. f

6 A. gate for ferry-boats and the like comprising the combination of the deck having avertical narrow recess therein with a "pair of standardsand having a sliding F gate with its ends in. the standards, side gates hinged to the outer sides of the stand. ards, a strand passing over each; standard and connecting the gatesso that when the centre gate is moved vertically the side gates are moved in the opposite direction, a cylinder under each standaril, a piston rod emerging from each cylinder and secured to an end of the sliding gate, and a, valved system for supplying compressed fluid to the cylinders to operatethe sliding gate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I- have hereto set my hand, this 18th day of October, 1924.

' CHARLES J W'INEBRAKE, 

